Tuesday, January 29, 2013

White Dishes

I know I've mentioned my love of lamps and pillows, but I've also got a love of white dishes. In fact, I don't think I can fit another one in the house! LOL!

They don't have to be made of ironstone and they don't have to be vintage. They don't have to be from another country either. I just like good ole fashioned plain white dishes. Simple enough huh?

They are very easy to find when you loosen the requirements for them too! I have found them EVERYWHERE. So lets take a little tour, shall we?

The most obvious place to start would be the kitchen.

These are our everyday dishes. I actually have more than this in some other cabinets, but the white ones go here. Looks like it's time to empty my dishwasher since this cabinet is not very full right now.

This is a display above the stove/oven combo. It's just a mixture of pitchers and tureens.

In the dining room...........

I have this pine hutch on the wall and I've filled it with plates, gravy boats, teapots and creamers.

I recently changed up the sideboard in my dining room too by adding this vignette of white dishes. See? I have plenty!

In the sitting room.........

I hung these plates with ribbon on each door panel of my secretary. I really love how this looks. I used to have little boxwood wreaths here, but I have moved them to other places.

On the wall, close-by, I hung some white platters. My old hay rake looks right at home keeping them company. These platters show up better in person, by the way.

And finally, the family room..........

This is my favorite collection. I love this glass armoire and so some of my favorite pieces went in it. I know you've seen it a dozen times!

The best part about decorating with white dishes (for me) is that they don't look cluttered when massed together. Some collections with a lot of color or pattern look too busy to me, but white dishes are soft and subtle. They are both functional and pretty to look at which is my favorite kind of decor.

Do you like white dishes too? Do they have to be old and considered a collectible for you to buy them?

You display your white dishes well Kelly. I do have white dishes, that are my "good" dishes that I use for fancy gourmet meals with company. Food always looks better on white dishes, I think. My every day dishes are red and blue transferware dishes.

I LOVE white dishes and I'm right there with you....they don't have to be old or considered to be a collectible before I buy them. I have them scattered around my home too. Your many displays of them are beautiful. Enjoy your day, Gail

What a luvly collection Kelly. I luv dishes period. Sigh, I have a wee problem :-) But white ones are my face. I just gave away a service for 8 to a young family that needed dishes. They were beautiful... but they needed them more than I do. I must say, I do prefer vintage dishes, but after seeing your collection, I am having a rethink. Thanks for sharing. Hugs, Gee

Kelly...I love white pitchers and dishes too. Last count, I had 80 some pitchers!! They are in my kitchen, the dining room, and the living room. Even have a couple small white pitchers that sit in white bowls in our hall bathroom. No...mine don't have to be ironstone or old for me to collect them, but I do have some that are ironstone and/or old.You have displayed yours beautifully!!hugs,Cindy

the white dishes look great with the rest of your house color scheme. I only have a set of 4 porcelain rectangular dishes. It was a wedding gift from the lady I worked for when I was a teenager. She owns a Restaurant called Antico Giardino ("The Antique Garden"). I used them last week for dinner when we had guests over.

I love how you have displayed your white dishes! I love them as well but most are mine are new, even though at thrifty prices! I rarely come across white ironstone when I'm out and about. I'm a follower! Blessings, Tammy

Your collection of white dishes is so very very pretty! You have some beautiful pieces and so many pitchers and tureens. I am still collecting and have quite a few, though not nearly as many as you. Our everyday dishes are white, plus I have a china cabinet in the dining room full and a growing collection on the hutch in the kitchen. New or vintage I love them all. Many are also thrifted. Besides my everyday Corelle, one of the best new purchases was 24 caterers plates on clearance that we use instead of paper plates at birthday parties and bbqs. We have saved so much over paper plates and they are sturdy and pop right in the dishwasher.

I've got 2 sets of white dishes because I think food looks better served on white. Unfortunately they are inside kitchen cabinets and the buffet where you can't see them. Now if I had a glass front cupboard like yours.....love it!

You have a great collection, I really love all the pitchers and platters you have, too. And they are really displayed so nicely! I love white dishes, too, and since I'm not much of a thrifter, I buy them new if they really strike me...usually in sets of four, sometimes eight. I love buying salad plates in patterns to set the table differently sometimes with the white.

All of your white dishes are beautiful, Kelly!! Love all the different ways you have them displayed throughout your house. I love white dishes, and not white dishes and any kind of dish at all! LOL! blessings ~ tanna

Lots of great ideas for white dishes! I don't really have any white ones, just a couple big platters and my everyday dinner plates are RL Boxwood pattern. No pattern just white. But all my collectable dishes are floral or transferware. It is harder to decorate with them, as they need to be grouped properly. I love how you put them like sculptures...and the ones on the secretary doors~that is a very cute idea!

I'm in love with white dishes as well. I have some ironstone and some vintage ones but I don't really care if they are old or new if I like them I buy them. I love decorating with them and like you said you can put a whole bunch together and it doesn't look too busy or messy. I love the first picture with the darker cabinet with all your everyday dishes. Everywhere you have displayed them looks wonderful!

Oh, for the love of white dishes. Your collection is so beautiful and your displays are perfection. The white dishes look so lovely with the gray furniture. I've got to get some more white dishes now for sure! I'm a new follower. I love your blog! Blessings, Angie

I would be one of those cluttered with color people, because I just really like color. I do, however, think your collection of the white dishes is so pretty, and you've done such a lovely job of displaying them.

Hi! I'm Kelly

About Me

I live in the south with my husband, two boys, and a spunky Boston Terrier, named Max. I have an affinity for simple country decor that includes white slipcovers, painted furniture, white dishes, and fluffy pillows. Come join me as I find new ways to style my home and share a bit of my family life as well.